美国文学
1、Benjamin Franklin本杰明·富兰克林1706-1790 A Modest Inquiry into the Nature and Necessity of a Paper Money;Poor Richard’s Almanack穷查理历书；The Way to Wealth致富之道；The Autobiography自传 2、Thomas Paine托马斯·潘恩1737-1809 The Case of the Officers of Excise税务员问题；Common Sense常识；American Crisis美国危机；Rights of Man人的权利：Downfall of Despotism专制体制的崩溃；The Age of Reason理性时代 3、Philip Freneau菲利普·弗伦诺1752-1832 The Rising Glory of America蒸蒸日上的美洲；The British Prison Ship英国囚船；To the Memory of the Brave Americans纪念美国勇士-----同类诗中最佳；The Wild Honeysuckle野生的金银花；The Indian Burying Ground印第安人殡葬地 4、Washington Irving华盛顿·欧文1783-1859 A History of New York纽约的历史-----美国人写的第一部诙谐文学杰作；The Sketch Book见闻札记The Legend of Sleepy Hollow睡谷的传说-----使之成为美国第一个获得国际声誉的作家；Bracebridge Hall布雷斯布里奇田庄；Talks of Travellers旅客谈；The Alhambra阿尔罕伯拉 5、James Fenimore Cooper詹姆斯·费尼莫尔·库珀1789-1851 The Spy间谍;The Pilot领航者;The Littlepage Manuscripts利特佩奇的手稿;Leatherstocking Tales皮裹腿故事集:The Pioneer拓荒者；The Last of Mohicans最后的莫希干人;The Prairie大草原;The Pathfinder探路者;The Deerslayer杀鹿者 6、William Cullen Bryant威廉·柯伦·布莱恩特1794-1878 The Poems1821/1932诗选:To a Waterfowl致水鸟-----英语中最完美的短诗;Thanatopsis死亡随想---受墓园派影响; The Whitefooted Deer白蹄鹿;A Forest Hymn森林赋;The Flood of Years似水流年 7、Edgar Allan Poe埃德加·爱伦·坡1809-1849（以诗为诗；永为世人共赏的伟大抒情诗人-----叶芝） Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque怪诞奇异故事集;Tales故事集;The Fall of the House of Usher厄舍古屋的倒塌;Ligeia莱琪儿;Annabel Lee安娜贝尔·李-----歌特风格；首开近代侦探小说先河，又是法国象征主义运动的源头 Tamerlane and Other Poems帖木儿和其他诗;Al Araaf,Tamerlane and Minor Poems艾尔·阿拉夫，帖木儿和其他诗;The Raven and Other Poems乌鸦及其他诗:The Raven乌鸦;The City in the Sea海城;Israfel 伊斯拉菲尔;To Hellen致海伦 8、Ralf Waldo Emerson拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生1803-1882 Essays散文集:Nature论自然-----新英格兰超验主义者的宣言书;The American Scholar论美国学者;Divinity;The Oversoul论超灵;Self-reliance论自立;The Transcendentalist超验主义者;Representative Men代表人物;English Traits英国人的特征;School Address神学院演说 Concord Hymn康考德颂;The Rhodo杜鹃花;The Humble Bee野蜂;Days日子-首开自由诗之先河 9．Nathaniel Hawthorne纳撒尼尔·霍桑1804-1864 Twice-told Tales尽人皆知的故事;Mosses from an Old Manse古屋青
The Gilded Age
During the Gilded Age,the American industry developed rapidly,comvering from agricultura country to
industry country. It was also the transition period from liberal capitalism to monopoly capitalism. Because
of these two important transformation,American politics,economy,social structure,ideology and culture all
changed greatly. And laid the foundation for the modern America in 20th century.
The Rapid Development of the Economy
Cause:
After the Civil War, American politics was relatively stable, which provided beneficial political condition.
Developed agriculture was the foundation of the development of the economy.
Expansive domestic market promoted the development of economy.
The science and technology developed quickly.
The immigration provided abundant cheap labour to the industrial development.
Puritanism:
A religious doctrine that advocates hard work, self-discipline, thrift, and sobriety, regards labour
as one’s divine task, without the enjoyment of the fruit of the labour. The purpose is to purify the
corrupted church as had been established by Jesus Chris himself.
John cotton and William roger
Romanticism
Is intellectual movement originating in Germany at the end of 18th century that gained strength in
Western Europe after the Industrial Revolution, in the reaction to the social and political norms of
the Age of Enlightenment, its scientific rationalization of nature. The romantic values revolved
around the full spectrum of the human emotional side embracing its instincts and rejecting the
conventions of the Age of Reason.
Romanticism的特点：frequently shared certain general characteristics, moral enthusiasm, faith in
英国文学史1~4章课件文本
Chapter I
Old English Period and Beowulf (450-1066)
Teaching aims:
The general situation of Old English Literature
The types and features of Old English poetry
The analysis of epic Beowulf
Terms: epic, alliteration
The Stonehenge in c.1400-1800 BC
c.600BC: Iron replaces bronze, Iron Age begins; construction
of Old Sarum began; Celts began to migrate to the British Isles
c.500BC: Evidence of the spread of Celtic customs and
artifacts across Britain; They probably gradually infiltrated into
British society through trade and other contact over a period of
several hundred years;
c.150BC : Metal coinage comes into use; widespread contact
with continent.
Ⅰ.Old English Period(450-1066 AD)
1) The historical situation
600 BC Celts (tribal)(Britons is a branch of Celts) began to
migrate to the British Isles
